Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in Belgium
Belgium: Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste was 171.71 Index in 2024. ▲ Rising
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in Belgium, 1980–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 171.71 Index for waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in 2024.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 74.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Belgium peaked at 181.2 Index in 2021 and was at its lowest, 57.2 Index, in 1980.
Belgium ranks 6th of 35 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 57.2 Index | — |
| 1985 | 63.25 Index | +10.6% |
| 1990 | 71.13 Index | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 95.5 Index | +34.3% |
| 1996 | 94.55 Index | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 96.27 Index | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 95.29 Index | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 97.33 Index | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 99.41 Index | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 103.12 Index | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 99.87 Index | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 104.72 Index | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 104.59 Index | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 105.89 Index | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 108.54 Index | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 106.42 Index | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 104.39 Index | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 102.93 Index | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 103.98 Index | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 102.35 Index | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 100.76 Index | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 98.58 Index | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 96.11 Index | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 98.25 Index | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 96.72 Index | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 96.83 Index | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 98.94 Index | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 174.05 Index | +75.9% |
| 2021 | 181.2 Index | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 166.76 Index | -8.0% |
| 2023 | 167.77 Index | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 171.71 Index | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 60.22 Index | 57.2 Index | 63.25 Index | 2 |
| 1990s | 91.68 Index | 71.13 Index | 97.33 Index | 6 |
| 2000s | 103.69 Index | 99.41 Index | 108.54 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.54 Index | 96.11 Index | 103.98 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 172.3 Index | 166.76 Index | 181.2 Index | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Belgium?
- Waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste in Belgium was 171.71 Index in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 181.2 Index in 2021.
- What is the lowest waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.2 Index in 1980.
- How does Belgium rank for waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste?
- Belgium ranks 6th out of 35 countries with data for 2024.
- Is waste - municipal waste: generation and treatment — total waste rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Waste - Municipal waste: generation and treatment — Total waste generated. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents trends in amounts of municipal waste generated (including household waste), and the treatment and disposal method used. The amount of waste generated in each country is related to the rate of urbanisation, the types and pattern of consumption, household revenue and lifestyles. Data source(s): OECD Annual Quality Assurance (AQA) questionnaire (jointly collected with Eurostat) for OECD countries. UNSD, Country Files from the UNSD/UNEP data collection on environment statistics (available at: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/envstats/country_files) for non-OECD countries. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: March, 2026 Database documentation